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you can see all of the countries, turkey, iraq, jordan, israel a tiny piece in there as well that surround syria. all of these countries have to be on edge at this point. >> reporter: absolutely. it's a concern. this is a nightmare scenario when it comes to syria unraveling and the syrian civil war there. that's why there has been so much concern these past several months. that's why the u.s. and countries like israel have kept such a watchful eye with regard to their intelligence services on these chemical weapon stockpiles. if they detected any type of movement, they reported that. they've been warning the syrian regime many times that if they were to do anything with these weapons that that would be a red line. it's not clear exactly what that red line would mean but it is a concern. now, you have seen in the past few days, you have seen the turkeys request of nato to deploy patriot missiles on their border with syria. that's been approved. those missiles will arrive within the next few weeks according to nato along with troops with those patriot missiles. that's to bolster turkey's air
you can see all of the countries, turkey, iraq, jordan, israel a tiny piece in there as well that surround syria. all of these countries have to be on edge at this point. >> reporter: absolutely. it's a concern. this is a nightmare scenario when it comes to syria unraveling and the syrian civil war there. that's why there has been so much concern these past several months. that's why the u.s. and countries like israel have kept such a watchful eye with regard to their intelligence...
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and we could be finding ourselves right back smack in the middle of the same thing that we faced in iraq? >> exactly. this is the set of bad choices that u.s. military planners face now. a lot of it actually depends on what the objective is. if your objective is to destroy the chemical munitions perhaps you could go in and bomb them or otherwise sabotage them. if your goal is to secure them and remove them so that they don't fall into the hands of others and that requires boots on the ground, then that's going to require all sorts of logistical planning and a pretty major effort. in part because, remember, military planners have to plan for the worst case. even if you send a small group of people in, they have to have backup and a way out. there's all sorts of things that have to be planned for, and so as you plan for those contingencies, the number of troops required increases and increases. i think that's a really nasty problem for u.s. military planners, to go and somehow destroy or otherwise remove chemical weapons in the middle of a civil war against a country that has a military th
and we could be finding ourselves right back smack in the middle of the same thing that we faced in iraq? >> exactly. this is the set of bad choices that u.s. military planners face now. a lot of it actually depends on what the objective is. if your objective is to destroy the chemical munitions perhaps you could go in and bomb them or otherwise sabotage them. if your goal is to secure them and remove them so that they don't fall into the hands of others and that requires boots on the...
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you have got several, lebanon, turkey, iraq, jordan to the south. >> israel. >> israel. all of these countries, if there's a chemical weapons dispersal in the air, it drifts across international borders. does anybody think the israelis will let that happen? you have a difficult problem. >> what if the opposition gets in control? >> the question right now, is this latest action directed from the assad regime or could it be rogue elements? what if the rebels get this stuff. >> they have a battery. >> the -- up until now the actual chemical stockpiles are said, said to be secure by the most elite forces of the regime and not letting them out of their sight. everybody's trying to figure out what it means. >> oh dear god, thank you for that, i guess. good to see you in person. >> nice to see you. >> egypt now. southward. not great there either. the actions by that country's highest court are now on hold indefinitely. the judges blocked from entering the court building in cairo yesterday by supporters of president morsi. now they say they won't come back to work until they don
you have got several, lebanon, turkey, iraq, jordan to the south. >> israel. >> israel. all of these countries, if there's a chemical weapons dispersal in the air, it drifts across international borders. does anybody think the israelis will let that happen? you have a difficult problem. >> what if the opposition gets in control? >> the question right now, is this latest action directed from the assad regime or could it be rogue elements? what if the rebels get this...
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served his country in iraq and afghanistan. he also kept a diary of his time there and what he experienced on the battlefield. when he came back home, he found he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and a video he shot while he was away became a powerful tool he used to cope. he turned it into an award-winning documentary. >> i'm a former marine who fought as part of the initial invasion in iraq in 2003. i just happened to have a video camera with me and i videotaped what was going on. the job of a forward observer is to basically be the eyes for the heavy artillary. you're seeing the results of what artillery does. explosions and people who have been killed and the remains of children lying on the side of the road. the car ran the road block and the marines had no choice but to light it up. turned out to be a father and his baby girl. when i first got home, i went down a hole. i started spiraling down and went almost all the way. >> the mike that went to iraq, that was in the marines was a fun loving guy. the next thi
served his country in iraq and afghanistan. he also kept a diary of his time there and what he experienced on the battlefield. when he came back home, he found he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and a video he shot while he was away became a powerful tool he used to cope. he turned it into an award-winning documentary. >> i'm a former marine who fought as part of the initial invasion in iraq in 2003. i just happened to have a video camera with me and i videotaped what was...
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a marine who died while fighting in iraq. we're talking about a sergeant and marines and fellow soldiers say that he deserves the medal. >> one of the insurgents threw a grenade into where he was lying and that's when he pulled it under himself and saved pretty much everyone in the room, myself and other marines in the house all owe him our lives. >> but secretary leon panetta says there's too much conflicting evidence. it indicates that he may have been brain dead before he fell on the grenade. other evidence is that the grenade didn't even explode underneath him. joining me now is george, a representative for the family. >> thank you very much for having me on. >> let me read a response to you from secretary panetta. in light of the strict standards that have been established for awarding the medal of honor, i cannot in good conscience change the recommendation of secretary robert gates. how does the family feel about this? >> the family is very upset because the family believes the marines that were there, the ones that we
a marine who died while fighting in iraq. we're talking about a sergeant and marines and fellow soldiers say that he deserves the medal. >> one of the insurgents threw a grenade into where he was lying and that's when he pulled it under himself and saved pretty much everyone in the room, myself and other marines in the house all owe him our lives. >> but secretary leon panetta says there's too much conflicting evidence. it indicates that he may have been brain dead before he fell on...
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we all know and remember when saddam hussein used nerve gas on the kurds in iraq. explain what happens. >> well, it takes -- i think people really underestimate or don't appreciate sort of just how powerful these are. you know, back the group in japan used it on a train, and the train doors opened, and most everyone there was dead. it takes a very small bit. it travels through the air. over an extensive swath, and it takes very little to kill people and very quickly. i'm talking a matter of minutes. this is not just a threat. it's a very grave threat to the syrian people themselves, but you can imagine if you were a neighbor, turkey, who has seen so many refugees, jordan, israel. if you are a neighbor of syria, you feel directly threatened by a potential release, even if it wasn't sort of purposefully directed at you. you could -- and you your citizens could fall victim to it. it's very powerful. it's very difficult to control once it's been released, and very, very deadly. >> all right. fran townsend, thank you very much. appreciate your perspective as always. >>>
we all know and remember when saddam hussein used nerve gas on the kurds in iraq. explain what happens. >> well, it takes -- i think people really underestimate or don't appreciate sort of just how powerful these are. you know, back the group in japan used it on a train, and the train doors opened, and most everyone there was dead. it takes a very small bit. it travels through the air. over an extensive swath, and it takes very little to kill people and very quickly. i'm talking a matter...
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the middle east is filled with palties that cannot accommodate groups, iraq, lebanon. cyprus is probably the best example of ethnic and political and national groups that have managed to hammer out some measure of coexistence. no, the reality is separation through negotiation remains. the only perhaps the least bad, outcome for the israeli/palestinian conflict. the problem is there are simply no negotiations and no will on the part of any party, in my judgment, to make this a reality. >> no will anywhere. when it comes to the u.s. who used to be a player in all of this. when it comes to u.s. brokering anything in that part of the world, that's got to be, what, zero? when can comes to israeli and palestinian sides both are ignoring us. >> i think that's right. the street cred has diminished in the wake of the two longest wars in american history, neither of which we have won. iranians continue to frustrate us. everybody says no these days to barack obama without cost or consequence. he's become the kind of new rodney dangerfield of the middle east. he just doesn't get a
the middle east is filled with palties that cannot accommodate groups, iraq, lebanon. cyprus is probably the best example of ethnic and political and national groups that have managed to hammer out some measure of coexistence. no, the reality is separation through negotiation remains. the only perhaps the least bad, outcome for the israeli/palestinian conflict. the problem is there are simply no negotiations and no will on the part of any party, in my judgment, to make this a reality. >>...
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he was a marine in afghanistan and iraq. he went through mexico to costa rica for a surfing vacation. john and oliva hammer are his parents. >> he'd been there before and served. they took every single decent board they had. >> he was looking forward to a cool trip, driving it there. he knew it was mexico, but he wasn't planning on staying in mexico. >> they only stopped for gas. >> his parnlts were concerned when he said he wanted to bring an an ateak shot guk his great-grandfather owned one like this. his parents said he wanted to hunt with it. they said he got the proper forms from u.s. border agent as to declare it, but once he did declare it, the nightmare began. how far was he from the united states of america when he was arrested? >> he was krosting the border. >> ten feet away from america? >> or less. >> his friend was released but johnny was brought to this jail in matamoras, mexico. his parents were told the jail is largely controlled by mexican drug cartel members. a few nights after he was imprisoned his parents
he was a marine in afghanistan and iraq. he went through mexico to costa rica for a surfing vacation. john and oliva hammer are his parents. >> he'd been there before and served. they took every single decent board they had. >> he was looking forward to a cool trip, driving it there. he knew it was mexico, but he wasn't planning on staying in mexico. >> they only stopped for gas. >> his parnlts were concerned when he said he wanted to bring an an ateak shot guk his...